Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being.

As long as art lives never shall I accept that men are truly dead.

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.

Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.

Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.

Caught between life and death, I clung to life.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

I'm very comfortable in the U.S. and Europe, but I feel completely out of place in the rest of the world, mostly because I never spent time outside the U.S. and Europe until I was in my 30s.

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.

One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.

You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.

Without Prayer nothing good is done. God's works are done with our hands joined, and on our knees. Even when we run, we must remain spiritually kneeling before Him.

Some wounds should be healed, no matter how much time has passed or how much time is left.

Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.